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AI 'partners' reshaping hospitals
News, Watcharin Ariyaprakai, Published on 17/02/2026
» Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant innovation confined to technology firms. It is quietly entering hospitals, medical schools and administrative offices. What appears today as a productivity tool may in fact represent a structural shift in how healthcare operates.
Rethinking identity from the start
Oped, Watcharin Ariyaprakai, Published on 29/10/2025
» Thailand has made history by recognising same-sex marriage, affirming the right of adults to love and marry freely. This will rightly be celebrated as a triumph for equality and human dignity. Yet, in the same society, another group remains voiceless: newborns born with Disorders of Sex Development (DSD).
Human cost of war
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/07/2025
» Re: "Thai airstrikes hit two Cambodian targets," (BP, July 24).
Monastic discipline in the digital age
Oped, Watcharin Ariyaprakai, Published on 23/07/2025
» At a time when Thai society is reeling from scandals in the monastic community -- from leaked audio clips of money transfers via apps to secret relationships with women -- we are not merely shocked that "monks have done wrong", but rather at how swiftly the "image of purity" we've long upheld has collapsed.
Aids fight cut short
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/04/2025
» Re: "US funding cuts for Aids-HIV fight", (BP, April 17).
Welfare fraud must end
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/04/2025
» A whistleblower's report about the massive pharmaceutical fraud involving government officials and medical staff at the Veterans General Hospital shows the need to investigate claims filed with state medical facilities, especially in light of the ballooning medical welfare budget.
Bad money won
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/02/2025
» Re: "Outlook dour after January SET decline", (Business, Feb 15).
Cheaper treatment
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/02/2025
» Re: "Cancer patients are dying to survive", (Commentary, Feb 7).
Don't trust the uniform
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2024
» Mongkol Preesukkasem, a fake prosecutor, was arrested for fraud on July 25 by city police while giving a lecture at a school in Nonthaburi province. His blatant impersonation of public officials with power has stunned the public. The arrest followed a series of complaints filed against him over several months.
The economic benefits of cannabis
Oped, Sutthida Lertrujwanich, Watcharin Tantisan & Nonarit Bisonyabut, Published on 19/06/2024
» Thailand is at a crossroads between accepting cannabis as a new kind of product or restricting its usage only to medical needs. Social views are divided: one side focuses on the negative effects on society, such as negative impacts on family and community relationships, while the other side stresses the positive effects, including easier and cheaper access for medical uses and contributions to the economy in terms of production, employment, and tourism-related activities.